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NAVAL N !WS. From the LONDON GAZETTE, Aug. 9. .' ' Admiralty-Office, Aug. 9, 1808. Copy of a Leiter. from Admiral Lord Gamb i ze) . ; Gommande►. in Chief of his Majesty's ,Ships Vessels employed in the Channel, Soundings, &c. to the Hon. IP. Pole, dated in Cawsund Buy, the 6th dug. 1808. r nB txu.tm QVA.Y, AUG. El ;--rat into Torbay, by contrary winds, his Majesty's Ship Iphigenia, with the Fleet under 'convoy‘for Newfoundland, Quebec, - ttc,f.;also the Harlequin Armed Ship. o ,:.. : f yi,litEAL, AUG. 9. 7 —Sailed through the Downs.the Duckenfield, Caou'ren, for Jamaica; Peter, J11LI4.):, and the Helena, BRICE, for Cadiz. Remain in the Downs hi s M a j es t y ' s Ship s as per last. slit, . , Be pleased to lay before the Lords Commissioners ! of the Admiralty the inclosed Letter from Captain I The seleetion of British Officers to the Spanish Rodd, of the Indefatigable, dated the 4th inst. giv- f Patriots; reflects honour upbn the judgment and dis ing an account of. his having captured the French ' cernment of Ministers. They were not 'Chosen Ship Letter of Marque La Diane, on the 31st ult. - through intrigue, Parliamentary influence, or family from Bourdeaux, bound to the Isle of France. - 1 connedion, but. from their knowledge of modern .. The Ind e f at i ga bl e arrive d i n P l ymouth Sound this ! languages, their tried spirit of conciliation, and ge morning with -her Prize, and will return to her sta- . neral ability- -and fitness. , Hence already the „hap tion.off t h e Gi ronde immediately. . : piest results.. We d eem •it a duty to - publish the I have the honour to be, 8:c. : 7,-4. ; ,t1 wing Official Letters, and hail as ominous o f GAMBIER.. ,'lliii success, the cordial co- o p era ti on w hi c h t h ey • ' - i'litAii-ortgly evince on the part o f th e B r i t i s h, an d His Majesty's Skip I n d e f at i ga b4 ,sll MY LORD, ilsh ii, thi,:entire generous confidence of the noble minded I have the honour ofacrapnlatindtinugg.y4oilarigL)or:B, ' d i sttp ! . .4 1 ; ,§paniards " Head- Quarterstf the Asturian Army, that his Majesty's Ship Indefatigable, under tnY Comm; i ;,... Stones, July 10, 1808. mand, captured on the 31st ult. in latitude 45. 34. fr STR.-- 7 Having learned from Major ROCHE the N. long. :39. W. the Fre n ch Ship Letter of Mar- 1 readiness you have expressed to afford the assistance- .1- que La Diane, pierced for 22 guns, 14 nines and i of the British Fri sixes mounted b ates under yOur 'c omman d upon , with a complement of sixty -eight. this Coast, in thy, enterprize l a m A b ou t undertak men on board. She is from Bourdeaux, was bound I k g , I b eg to 'return you. my b est thanks for OW to the Isle o f F rance, h as a cargo in, a part of which most .desirable and powerful co-operation ; but I. consists of naval stores, on account. of The Frjnch ! avail myself of this opportunity of repeating what I Government. She sailed from the Gironde the even. have already had the ho nour o f commun i cat i ng t o ing before, is a fine Ship,' 482 tons burthen, sails ! you th roug h t ha t Offi cer — that it is by no means my well, but six years old, coppered, and is apparently wish that . the smallest risk should be ineurxed by well calculated for hi s Majesty' s servi ce . She was , his Majesty's Ships, or that a single seaman should on her second voyage to India. The letter and dis.:. I be landed. patches were thrown overboard 'and sunk. in the_ ' " Major ROCHE, who has my entire confidence, chase. * *ill explain to you fully the 'manner in which I conceive his Majesty's, Ships under your command din render us the most effedual service. ''" He will also give you a copy of the s;gnals .2.greediupon for communication between the Squa ;4sl and the shore, as well as the fullest expla nation of my intentions in the proposed attack on the Enemy at Santander. . , I have the honour to be, Sir ) " With great resped, , " Your most obedient humble Servant-, (Signed) " NICHOLAS DE LLANO PONTR, " Lieut.-General in the Army of Asturias." " To Captain Atkins, Senior Officer commanding his Britannic Majesty's Ships of i the North Coast of Spain." f e; • • I havathe honour to be, &c. (Signed) J. TREAAYNE, ROB The Right Hon. Lord Gambier, Admiral of the Blue, Commander in Chief, 4.5 1 c. Admiralty Office, Aug. 9. copy of a Letter from Vice Admiral Dacres, Com mander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships and Vessels at Jamaica, to the Hon. IV.IP. Pole, dated on board the Veteran, Port Royal, the loth of June, 1808. SIR, 1 • I have the honour to transmit, for the informa tion of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, the Copy of% Letter I have received trona Captain Ingle&ld, reporting the.capture of the French Na tional Brig Le Griffon, of id guns, and 10 - 5 men, by the Bacchante. " His Majesty's Ship Seine, off St. Aram, july 7, 1808. L 9 17 _I'Ll; , -.ln communicating with you on his Ma . jesti's service, I. have so much observed the justness 3i 6P,Air ideas, and correctness of opinion, as most crtaciily induced me to co-operate with the naval force ~trutler my command in all your suggestions. And I beg to assure vou, that I attribute in a -- great measure the speedy re-establishment of Go vernotent, and success of the Spanish Army under General Porre,, to your abilities and exertions'; and in this opinion I am pertetly joined by Captain TOWER, of his Majesty's Ship his; Capt. D1G1.117,. of the Cossack ; Captain RAMSA V, of the Eurydice; Captain 1 - lAlloymio, of the Unicorn ; and Captain 'DALY, of the Conies. " The public service in which we are engaged, his called forth this mark of approbation due to your abilities and exertions, and induces. me to re. quest you will be pleased to convey it in the spee-. diest manner to the Right Hon. Lord CASTLEREAGH, his Majesty's,Principal Secretary of State.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient humble ~Servant, D. ATKINS, ,ifi-Captain of his Majesty's ship Seine, and •/.17 15(1. Senior Officer on the North Coast of Spain." % "To Major Roche. &c. Santander." The city of Lisbon is situated on the North bank of the Tagus, about eighteen miles from the point, called The Rock, which forms the Northern extre mity of the river's mouth, as Cape Espichel does the SoUthern. The entrance to the harbour is de fended by nature by a large bank of sand, which is principally divided into two banks, called thu North ern and Southern Catchops. Over this sand bank there are but two channels navigable for ships of any burt hen, called the North and South Channels. The diredion of the former is about South East and by East from the Rock, nearly parallel with the Coast, which IS low, and offers points at which troops may conveniently land under cover of ships of war. The other Channel, which is diredly between both Catchops, runs about N. E. by N. , The both chan nels thus forming the two sides of a triangle, meet at a point within a mile of Fort St., Julian. Ships running up either of these channels are therefore necessarily exposed to be raked by the guns of this fort, which probably exceed 200 pieces of heavy ordnance. It stands upon a little promontory, is built of stone, and its batteries about 40 feet above the level ()Oho sea. It is not overlooked by any higher laud .in its rear, though it is less formidable on that side than towards the river. Nearly opposite Fort St. Julian, on an insulated rock, which forms the Eastern point of the South Catchop, is a little fort called Bugio. It is of no great strength, and from its circular form . (being in fad little more than . a tower surrounded. by a'rainpart), could bring few . guns to bear on any cite point,. and might soon he ;silenced by our shipping. Beyond St. Julian's,. which is about ten miles within !the rock, the river narrows, but this is compensated by a bold shore and deep water. About seven miles from St. Jutiaa's, on another little poiist on the same side of. the river, is Belem Castle; but as the passage is here commanded from both sides, we may fairly presume that JUNOT has exerted himself' to fortify it with his utmost means. At the back of Belem are some high grounds, which overlook it. About two miles above Belem Castle we come to the Western end of the city ; and between Belem and the city, the Russian ships are anchored. Farther on, within the city, but towards its Eastern end, stands Fort St. George, on an elevated spot, which commands the city.— This fort, however, is not capable of containing abor . .5,000 men. It is supplied with water by an asipediiit, which might s'er .) easily be cut.—: rom this aescription, our readers will see that JuNo;r's army occupies a chain forts from St. Julian's to St. George's, a distance of abOut ten miles , along the rivet . SPAIN. EXT&AtT OF A LETTER FROM OVIEDO, JULY 31. ‘" In the , battle of Rio Seco, the French Made the attack, and 'surprised the advance of the PatriotSi'l consisting of 40,000 intlintry, The French were 20,600 strong. The Patriots would haVe annihilat.;% ed the but' for thelbllowing cause .Province. has an independent Junta or Executive, .dryny, and General. The Galician Army was, and is commanded by BLAKE, the son of an Irishman. He was chosen by the Junta, though only a Colonel, the army` having. put to death their old Commander, the Marquis of FIGUENTES,' on suspicion of treason. Notwithstanding which all the Spanish Grandees, Officers, and Generals, pay him implicit obedience. The Asturian Army was commanded by CUESTA, an old warrior of 75, but of .treat energy. They did not agree in their plan. a. hey might have 41- - closed the French between Palentia and Valladolid, and hare pushed on to BurgoS, ;?nd so have cauglit,„ Don JOSEPH napping. It was CuaszA who suffer ed most. The infantry were defeated; but the ca 7 valry, consisting of 600, performed prodigies of va lour. BLAKE oc.cupies, %Olt 66,000 men, a y . ery strong position among the mountains of Asturias ; . fie is busy in disciplining his army. He is in the greatest want of Cavalry:and OfficerS, and his men are badly clothed ; hoWever, thvy have arms, cou rage, and enthusiasm, and with these the Patriots must ultimately succeed, if they a& in perteat con cert. BESSIFRES, I understand, has retired out of ; iT•eOn into Old Castile. The head -quarters' of the North-western Army is at Astorga." I am, &c. S. R. °ACRES. His Majesty's Ship Bacchante, Port Roya l SIR, Jamaica, Alay 27, 1808. • T have t h e h onour to inform you his Majest?V Ship under my command captured, on the O Cape Antonio, after a chase of several hours, the Preach Imperial Brig Griffon, commanded by Mons. 'Jacques Gautier, Lieutenant de Vaisseau, mounting fourteen 24-pounder carronades and two long sixes, Manned with 105 men. She appears a very .fine vessel, quite new, and . in my opinion, well adapted far his Maje,ity's service. . rn justice to the French Commander, I cannot omit saying he sustained and returned our fire for thirty minutes with much gallantry and persever ance, not atrikint his colours till we bad run him within half a cable's length of the breakers off the Cape, and the Bacchante then not her length from,, him. I have reason to be well satisfied on this as every other occast4m, of the steady condutt of j Fhp Officers and men I h ave the honour to cornma4 and am happy to add we h a d no person hurt in 0(4 affair ; the enemy had five wounded'. I have the honour to be; &c. (Signed) J. H. INGLEFIELD. 7o James 8. Dacres, Esq. Ilice Admiral of the White, Commander in Chid', &c. &c. Jamaica. ...•••••1.11 of PI " : R 3 U7II/ Au G. s.--Arrived--Arrivedthe Swallow Sloop Car from Carolina, with Dispatches, but they are believed to be of no great importance. The Black Joke Lugg er sailed two days b e fo re th e Sw allow, and i s said to have brought intelligence of the surrender of DUPONT'S Army to General SPEN CER'S Troops and the •Spanish Patriots; and that JOSEPH BUONAPARTE'S Army had been destroyed in' a.desperate anion near Madrid, on which account ) t gra n d ill umination took place at Corunna on the Ist inshnt. Arrived La Louise French three-masted Schooner, laden with coffee and sugar, from Martinique, bound to Bourcleaux, captured by the Swa//au; Sloop Of War. The Ville dc Paris, of 1 t 0 guns, Admiral GAM EMU, yesterday came i”to Harbour. The. following is el:traaed from a Paper published 4 t the. Telegraph 01lice, Plymouth Dock -9 A.M. this morning " Extra of a Letter received last evening by the Fcuourite Cutter, which left the Channel . Fleet on Saturday night: . " The news of DUPONT'S surrender, with his " • Fifteen Thousand Men, may be depended on, as " wo learnt it from a Sloop of War, bound borne " from Gibraltar with Dispatches to that effea, this r norning.--(..4u g . (3, 1808, of Ushant.) " The above Dispat c h es, it is said, have arrived f at Falmouth." Arrived the Favourite Cutter from the Channel Fleet. The crew of the Ville de Paris were this morning turned over to the Caledonia, on board which Ship Admiral GASSBIER is to hoist his Flag. -.. PoitTsmounrwShi , AUGApST4).—Sailed His Majestrt4 ps Buryda' , Decade, Fylla, and Primrose, viiii - ' a Fleet of Transports under convoy for Fortugal 'ls° the Clurksors, SursitnsuN, !or the Brazils. ~ FROM TH.E SEVILLE GAZETTE. By a Decree of the Emperor of the FREN CH , made at Bayonne 30th M a y, in conformity with a Seizatus Coistritum of the 24th of the same, the States of Tuscany, Parma, and Placentia,_, ave been united to the French Empire. NAPOLEON may be asked, on this occasion, if these Provinces were threatened with avy revolution, which obliged him to take them under his coonuand ; if there were in the Royal Family of Etruria any dissentious injurious to the people; if the King or Nation of Etruria had committed any fault which deserved that the former should be deprived of its sceptre, and the latter of its - independenCe ? .Bat - the King of EvluazA shall possess other estates; yes, probably, some house of pleasure like that of Valency. Unlucky the nation at whose ex pence this compensation is to be made ! Does NA POLRON regard nations as flocks of sheep, the domi nion of which may be transferred from hand to,haud at his pleasure ? Again, ivinay be asked, why is the Kingdom or Etruria called the States ry Tuscany, &c: ? Does NAPOLEON think to justify so criminal an usucpa- Lion, merely by giving it a decent name ? Does he think to recover the rights which war gave him ever those estates, and which he ceded to the Prince of PARMA, by merely giving them the name they were called by at the epoch of their conquest ? He be lieves, Europeans, he believes only, that you are so weak and silly as to su ffe r y ourse l ves to be seduced by his promises and subjugated by his power. One expression, of one of the Orators in the Se nate, on the occasion of passing the decree before mentioned, is particularly remarkable. The whole coast the Metliterraricau, says he, will becoiiie part V the French territory; or of the lerritory V the Great Empire. Yes, it is the interest of France, and there fore it must be so, at the expellee of all justice. But what is this great Empire that is so- obscurely an nounced to us. This is explained a little after, by telling us that the coast of Naples make part ,f the federative system of which France is the centre. Do you understand this ? Nations of Europe, you are invited to the French federation ; but at the same time you are told that the Chief of Oka• federation shall be your Monarch, your great Sovereignrof whose great Empire you will be illustrious .portions, on which the sparkling of his glory will be, Sea t tered. At present Etruria is added not to the Empire, but to the territory of Fiance; to-morrow Naples will be United in the same manner; then the Nlorea, &e.-- To-day it is the interest of NAPOLEON to take pos session of the coasts of the Mediterranean, and Etru ria has disappeared ; to-morrow it will be his interest to take possession of the coasts of the Baltic, and the names of Prussia and Russia will .be buried in oblivion. Another day he will 'want to appropriate the navigation of the Black Sea ; and Austria, Hun gary, and Turkey, will wonder to find' themselves united under the same despot. - Powers of Eurdpe, open your eyes; It is better to' die thaU4o sutler' such debasement ! if - you have to fall at his feet, fall gloriously, after having satisfied yourselves with revenge. 'Where are the deliverers of Europe ?. the epoch of the WILLIANts and the GUSiAVUSES gone tot ever ? BRIGHTON, AUG. 9. The Circus has been opened at this place, and is likely to have a good share of public encouragement. The Theatre, however, is still the chief objed of rational protection, and the performance there on Thursday last has rendered it still more an object 'of attention. Mr. SEYMOUR, who has published some Annotations on SHAKSPEARE, which shew• great acumen, knowledge, and judgment, made his appear-. ance in the character of Richard the Third. His Conception of the charader seemed to be materially different from that of any of the present. race of Adors. It was obviously his intention to mark the character with an ease - and gaiety amidst all the Ty rant's artful, ambitious, and sanguinary views. It must be acknowledged that many passages of a sar castic and sportive, nature will abundantly justity Mr. SEvzueua's conception of this ditlicult part. The' Critics here were „much struck with this view of the cbarader, and it has excited a great deal of con versation among our literary visitors. It is gene rally admitted, whate‘er may , be thought of Mr. Szymooit's notion of the part, that he sustained it with great spirit, energy, and eticd.—But our Agriculturists have had a treat as welt as our Critics, for the Earl of EGREMON.T gave thew y es te r day a line brace of ninl:ks. The Spanish Chapel in :Vianchester-sqkpre is fit Ong up agaiu.c Momlax next, fur the "Ie D4'll/11, to ceiebrnte the dare glut iuus victc.xy obtaiheci by,the Patriots. • KING OF St EDEN' and SIR JUILV MOOR E. -• • The ganant Br iti s h Officer, who was painfully Conn - Jelled to' withdraw the Expe.lition destinedutirkr compand for the aid of Sweden, has fully s rtis . No - •tit t s ) oa sot ercign thinhis cumin& on this extra , of • t w. 45 triCtlf conformable to hi s in , . r.kf Our Government are nut dis;amed, we believe, any longer to conceal the principal cir• emnstances of this extraordinary misunderstanding; urine!), from Sir JOHN 00H E'B stateme n t, are un• • 61 - stood to be briefly these : That having announced to his Swedish Majesty, at Stockholm, the arrival c f • his force off Gotfenbuigh, he. received orders to land his army, and proceed without delay to storm the im • pregnable fortress of Sweaburg h. Sir Joi knowing that he could , not Obey t l•eSe orders consistently with his insttuthons from Enghnid, immediately set off • post - for Stockholm, accompanied by his Deputy Ad jutant-General, and twiny ,- admitted to an audience, , Wistated' to his SWedi s h ° Majesty tie extent of the ibinstrutilbns which he had received from his own Government-; these, it is now understood, were fi nites:l:l6,a co-operative. invasion of Norway, or de fence -of: Finland. The King; not satisfied with this explanation, demanded-an immediate obedience to his-own orders : this the British General said, he found it his painful duty to decline : his Majesty turning instantly Opon his heel, withdrew, with ap , parent indignation, to an adjoining' apartment JOHN, after waiting a short time,- returned also to his hotel, where he had scarcely been scared, when a Swedish - Aid-de-Camp attended him, and inform ed him, " that it was nit)) Majesty's pleasure that " he, Sir JOHN, should consider himself as conk " tined to his apartmencin Stockholm, until the " King of Great Britain's sentiments shOuld be fur= Cher known, and 'received by his Swedish Ma; " jesty on this subject, and for which one of the " King's Messengers had been instantly dispatched "lolOgland !" Index this extraordinary arrest Sir JOHN 'MOORE remained .nearly a week, when recol lectin tine temper and character of tire authority he had to'cx?fiteud w ith, he, contrived, wits his Adju-- tant-Gener3l, to ea - ea a secret retreat in . the night from - Stock s holm, travelling with such tapidiry as to reach Gottenburgh, distant nearly 400 utiles, in less than 0. hours, when re-embarking on board iris fleet, he instantly ordered it under Weigh tor Eng land, having previously stopped one month's sub- sidy, which was about to be landed. The above will be tounda preity correa. statement of this strange misunderstanding, and to demonstrate,' that, whatever may be its political issue, Sir JOHN Moolti acted throughout this Unpleasant affliir wish a firmness and discretion in all respeCts becoming the chara4ter of a British Connnander. REPORT. . . COURT OF CHANCERY.—TUZSDAY, AucusT 9. DINCIN,AND ALLEN V. HARTWELL, ESQ. Jn this case, Mr. Pearce, the late Partner of the Phiintiifs, under the firm of pearee, Dixon, and .Allen, had accepted a Bill of Exchange, payable it, the Defendant, without the knowledge and consent of the ; and the Defendant's Attornies had received from Mr. Pearce .a confession of 'a Judg ment signed in the mime (4 the firm, on the Bill _of Exchange, Av!thont the Plaintitts'• knowledge; and Sir SAmpEL.RomILLY applied to the Court to set aside the confession of the Judgmeat when the CHANC'eI.LoR said he would consider . of it by to4rlon, TOW, as there was a point of law; at the same time his. Lordship admitted it, to be a very hard case against the Plaintiffs, ;Vari r (i+u4iaccourns have been given of the causes which' watht4X4MottAT to quit - Madrid, and among othersit'lvos !said, that he h a d b een po i soned. We . die assured; however, on the authority of a private Letter, that a beautilud•Spakish Girl, eighteen years of age, stimulated by patriotism and revenge for the slaughter which had taken place in her Country, had foundmeans to get into the•presence °Olt -RAT, and, like another CHARLOTTE CORDEY, had stabbed him, but not very dangerously. It is added; that the spirited Datuiel was Immediately cut to .pieces by the persons who attended him. 'PORTABLE FIELD ,PIECES.--The following Ex -trad from Major , JAmEs's'Military Companion, is • well worthy of the notice of the British Govern ment, in its glorious attempt to assist a gailant.people who are struggling to maintain their independence. " Swivels mounted upon the pommels of saddles, 'or fixed, rx,44 a rotary power, on pads upon the bind quiglewol the horses, might be found extreme ; ly ,This invention would not be•novel, as the have already used them in action, mounted on the backs of camels or mules. Perhaps light carriages capable of bearing the weight of mor tars, and so construaed as to be -driven with great speed .froin one spot to another, might be very be-' ineficial under the circumstances of attack, on our part, or of invasion on that of the enemy. Major Shrapnel's invention of spherical case-shot would, in these points of view, be peculiarly useful. This, experiment was tried by Major Shrapnel before his Excellency General O'Hara, and approved 'of, in 17811. • When the situation of this Coulitry, with respe& to France, will admit of the insertion, we shall feel pecoliar Pleasure in going more Italy into the (perils of this in% ention and we make no doubt but- die'able 'officer, whose genius and Perseverance have bttitight it to perfietion, will be judged ,worthy of national honour and remuneration. By a con sideration of this sort merit will be called forth, and go(40,1 - 14cers: be secured to the State. It is by the encooritgement of - imbecility alcine that nations fall." Report says that .Miss WatsTNN, v:I:o has for Some time been a,,great favourite on the Dublin stage, is to be transferred to the' London boards next season. Miss SmyrA, it is said, is to prolong hrr engagement in Ireland till next year, as Mr. JONES , has failed in his negotiation for a part of Drury-lane Theatre. Mn..v . I.VI A.DITOR, As notwittist.inding the din of war, you some tin),:.s suffer the effusions of Poetry to grace your Journal, I send !()ti t.e following Couplet, extracted front a periodical work. '.The idea elegan4 and apprni,ir - ni;(:;, - and will afford scope for the taste, learr* and ingenuity of some - of your Correspon dents .to"taiidiir the Public with it in an English. dtess._ _ (lod babes concede sorori; Amur! sic erit ills Venns." A COXSTANT READER. R it ,~ r'